Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic would score ‘between 30 and 35 goals’ under Antonio Conte at Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur, former Serie A ace Massimo Brambati tells Tuttomercatoweb.
When one of Europe’s most coveted number nines sealed a £66 million move to Turin 11 months ago, the ship seemed to have sailed as far as Tottenham were concerned. Destined, perhaps, never to return to the harbour.
The sudden financial crisis facing Juventus, however, could change things. The Bianconeri, Football Italia report, are now facing three separate Financial Fair Play investigations; exclusion from the Champions League one potential punishment if they are found to have breached UEFA rules.
President Andrea Agnelli and vice-president Pavel Nedved also resigned from their posts this week, with a rapidly-developing situation leading to some probing questions regarding the future of Juventus’ best and most-prized assets.
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“Under Conte, he would be at least five or six kilograms less and, in a season, he would score between 30-35 goals, given his style of play,” Brambati argues.
“We saw it with (Romelu) Lukaku at Inter.”
Lukaku enjoyed the most prolific spell of his career under Conte at Inter Milan, scoring 64 goals in two seasons while firing the Nerazzuri to their first Scudetto in over a decade in 2021. Vlahovic certainly shares a lot of similarities with the Belgian battering ram; a fearsome physical presence who, when in full flow, resembles a turbo-charged monster truck barging through a fleet of hatchbacks.
Vlahovic, a prolific goalscorer at Fiorentina, has seven goals in 15 games this term for Juventus, despite ongoing concerns that Max Allegri’s style of play fails to get the best out of his Serbian giant.
Spurs were heavily linked with Vlahovic back in 2021. The North London outfit also attempted to snap up his one-time Fiorentina team-mate Sofyan Amrabat; now one of the Qatar World Cup’s breakthrough stars with surprise packages Morocco.
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“I am really incredibly proud of Sofyan,” says Amrabat’s older brother, the former Watford winger Nordin. “If you play so well on such a stage, then you have a lot to offer.
“I think that the top clubs in Europe that have been sleeping have now been shocked. In January, Sofyan was already around Tottenham Hotspur, but there was no agreement on the transfer fee with Fiorentina. I think the interested (clubs) will now be queuing up.”
Amrabat is now reportedly a Liverpool target (Correire dello Sport). The midfielder will surely now cost a lot more than the £12 million Fiorentina asked for a year ago.
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